How to Start a 20-year-old Russian helicopter! More Than a Push of a Button

When it comes to firing up old machinery, sometimes, it takes some TLC before it’s able to roar to life once again, showing glimpses into its former glory and this time, we get to see the start up of a 45-year-old Russian helicopter.

We’re not sure how much of the aforementioned TLC this bad boy needed before these steps were put into motion, but we are sure that watching the helicopter come to life is certainly a lot of fun to watch as the operator primes it up and gets it running with a couple of flips of a switch.

If you want to see exactly how this old-school machine operates, you can see it all down below. To think that this Kamov helicopter probably saw action is amazing to think about. If they do decide to put this thing in the air, though, that’s a part of the process that we might just have to stay on the ground for.